There was, and is, a distinction between ego-attached “look-at-me” hijinks and the performance, or placement, or identification of art. Art for no sake other than its own. Ephemeral. Left to experience. Left to memory. Gone. We remember Fluxus, a precursor … Continue reading →

Sharon & I left Mershon Auditorium/Wexner Center for the Arts just over an hour ago, guided out the back door after a shared experience of the theater as a blank page as directed by Ann Hamilton and Ann Bogart and … Continue reading →

Something there is that brands a place, that defines a community, that clearly distinguishes the locale that residents call their city. There has been a commotion of late loosely surrounding the Fashion Meets Music Festival in general, and specifically aimed … Continue reading →

Well, you’d certainly be justified in having a pang of fear shivver you if this guy started in your direction. As primates we have been hard-wired to be wary of vipers since way before Adam & Eve’s expulsion from Genesis’ … Continue reading →

Here’s a follow-up from my post of April 12. Yesterday John-Michael phoned me from their west-bound trek along US Route 40 in Licking County. They planned on camping Friday night in Hebron, Ohio, and would arrive at Chez Coe in … Continue reading →

To the cemetery? They do die, you know. Some 501C3 charities do go out of business. Here in Columbus, a heralded arts organization, Players Theatre, abruptly folded on September 11, 1993, just days before they were to open their 70th … Continue reading →